New Footsore Dark Age Irish

[Musketeer]

Wotcha!

Happy to say that the new Brian Boru and Ulf the Quarrelsome figures are now available on the Footsore Miniatures website

http://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/28mm-dark-ages-irish

[Atheling]

Beauties as always Bill 

How far are the Saxon/Anglo Danes away from release mate?

Oh, and will there be unit deals available like the Caliphate/Late Roman stuff?

Darrell.

[tancrede]

So I've just sent my order for those news !
Hope to have them before I leave for holidays (as I will bring some paints and minis with me...)

[Dr. Zombie]

I know very little of Irish history. So bear with me.

But was it a thing that the Irish always walked around in bare feet?

The bare feet has always troubled me with Irish minis.

[Elgis]

Nice! I particularly like the bodyguard and king

[cram]

I know very little of Irish history. So bear with me.

But was it a thing that the Irish always walked around in bare feet?

The bare feet has always troubled me with Irish minis.

Its thought that they probably went bare foot to allow them better grip on the often difficult and slippery terrain, also Ireland is quite boggy so shoes would get sodden and sometimes sucked off and lost in the boggy ground. Many Scots and Welsh also appear to have gone bare foot and probably did so for the same reason, because terrain in those countries is often difficult as in Ireland. Where some chose to go bare foot others however did wear shoes. (archaeology has unearthed early and late medieval shoes in all three countries)

As to whether those who went bare foot 'always' did so, I have no idea, maybe it was mostly a warfare thing and day to day life if they were on better ground then maybe they wore shoes.  

[Musketeer]

Its thought that they probably went bare foot to allow them better grip on the often difficult and slippery terrain, also Ireland is quite boggy so shoes would get sodden and sometimes sucked off and lost in the boggy ground. Many Scots and Welsh also appear to have gone bare foot and probably did so for the same reason, because terrain in those countries is often difficult as in Ireland. Where some chose to go bare foot others however did wear shoes. (archaeology has unearthed early and late medieval shoes in all three countries)

As to whether those who went bare foot 'always' did so, I have no idea, maybe it was mostly a warfare thing and day to day life if they were on better ground then maybe they wore shoes.  

Spot on!

[tancrede]

My own version of those wonderful minis :

- the old king Brian Boru and his guards (all from Footsore, shield from Gripping Beast, decal and banner from Little Big Men) :


- and the warlord of my Irish for SAGA (dog from Crusader Miniatures, shield from Gripping Beast, decal from Little Big Men) :

[Atheling]

Nice work Tancrede 

Darrell.

[cram]

Cool! 

[Musketeer]

My own version of those wonderful minis :

- the old king Brian Boru and his guards (all from Footsore, shield from Gripping Beast, decal and banner from Little Big Men) :


- and the warlord of my Irish for SAGA (dog from Crusader Miniatures, shield from Gripping Beast, decal from Little Big Men) :

Awesome paint job!!!!

[WillieB]

Another great set of figures. Crisis list is growing each day...
Now all I need is the Irish slingers to be ready early November

[Musketeer]

Another great set of figures. Crisis list is growing each day...
Now all I need is the Irish slingers to be ready early November

Out in 2 weeks time Willie

[mikeygees]

Those are awesome!

[PanzerKaput]

Great news about the slingers bill as I have been waiting for them. Time it right for me to start building my Irish